Still holding to frags rather than colonies. It's not the FTS that impresses me a week after the tank's cycle. It's the FTS after a year or two that shows the maturation of a year or two of hard work.


There was a thread somewhere here that showed a lot of rich folks and their tanks. Built and brought in by professionals, the owners knew nothing of the work that goes to maintaining or growing it. It's solely an aesthetic addition to their homes and offices.

It's all good to me. It looks nice, and that is a good thing. I have a feeling that a lot of those tanks change colonies from week to month.

Would like to clarify one thing though. LR with Frags (LRWF?).... it's the beginning of a tank! It's expected, actually I would say that it's the beginning of a reef. It's the way they start. Simple as that. I take more pleasure in seeing a coral double in size over a month or three, than increasing in size by .5% over a month.
But I've also picked up softies or LPS that were large such as my devil's hand, or that green disk plate looking coral that I've had for two years and has grown a centimeter. I've a frogspawn with 12-15 heads, and another one 9-12. The former was given to me about a month ago, and the latter was given to me by Bstreep when he was tearing his tank down as a single head. I like both, but get more satisfaction from the one I got from Bill.

When I got the frag of red planet from Rob... well, I think he may have seen something in my eyes.. or imagined it. It was a small flat thing on a plug, and I was expecting/wanting branches. He told me right away "don't worry bro-dudeski, it will grow out for a minute then start sending up branches and then it will be red." Now I have a large colony (yes, it can be seen from the door) that continously amazes me.

Nothing in this hobby happens fast, nor do I think a tank with small frags means anything other than "Oh, no worries, it's a young tank." For who hasn't longed for the coraline growth only to lament it later when scraping it off the glass?